Cath Senker - Award-winning author, editor, teacher
With more than 30 years’ experience in publishing, I have written over 170 children's books, ranging from history, biography, global and social issues to world religions, human geography, science, business and environmental topics. I also write for adults. You can buy Stranded in the Six-Day War here.
As part of the Hopeful Solidarities project team, in collaboration with QueenSpark Books, in 2024 we produced Brighton Bound, stories of moving to, around and out of the city, 1920s–2020s.
In December 2018, Far From Home, Refugees and Migrants Fleeing War, Persecution and Poverty won the 2018 Educational Writers' Award.
Editor
I edit children's educational, trade and fiction titles; adult non-fiction and craft books; academic reports and online materials. I commissioned and edited the Royal Literary Fund (RLF) Consultant Fellow academic writing blogs.
Teacher
I am a Lecturer in Academic Skills at the University of Sussex Law School, offering academic advice to students in one-to-one and group sessions, and undertaking research.
As a volunteer, I teach English to refugees and migrants at the Migrant English Project and co-run Story Tree, a story-reading group for refugees at Jubilee Library, Brighton.
Featured Book
Stranded in the Six-Day War
The extraordinary story of the 14 merchant ships trapped in the Suez Canal at the start of the Six-Day War in June 1967.
Listen to a podcast. Watch the Al Jazeera documentary. Watch the France TV film (in French).
From my blog
Sukkot at Friends Meeting House
Story Tree – reading together
Refugee Week visit to St Christopher’s Prep School, Hove
